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My Experiences of the Effects of Righteous Thoughts on Rescuing Fellow Practitioners
by XinCi, a practitioner in Jilin Province
(Clearwisdom.net) In my previous efforts to rescue fellow practitioners,
I have always lacked firm and righteous thoughts. When other practitioners asked
me to "help" someone by sending forth righteous thoughts, I was
usually unable to do so with persistence. After this year's Chinese New Year, several practitioners and I went to the
railroad station to help secure the release of practitioner A, who had been
arrested on a train. At the time it was said that the practitioner would be
sentenced to several years. After clarifying the truth several times and sending
forth righteous thoughts as a group, practitioner A was released after 15 days. During April, a fellow practitioner's relative (practitioner B) was arrested
by the police. About a dozen practitioners were captured at the same time. A
practitioner gave me the name of the detained practitioner and asked me to help
send forth righteous thoughts, for it was possible that she might be sentenced
to prison or forced labor. Besides my adding a thought for her (four times per
day) while sending forth righteous thoughts, I also helped purify her dimension,
and at other times I asked Master for help. About five days later the
practitioner told me that practitioner B had returned. Due to the outcomes for
both of these practitioners (unconditional release), I was able to realize the
importance of sending righteous thoughts as a group to rescue our fellow
practitioners. As a practitioner, I should not consider whether the arrested
practitioners have enough righteous thoughts or whether they can completely deny
the arrangements of the old forces. I should simply focus on using a pure and
righteous mind to do what I must do to help. In May, fellow practitioner C was arrested. My thoughts at the time were:
"I must not let the old forces persecute my fellow practitioner. Even if
this practitioner had omissions, the old forces aren't fit to 'test' her."
Practitioner C had experienced severe persecution but she has always been
steadfast in her cultivation. It was just as Master said, "Be solid and
firm like diamond, or granite, and then nothing can affect you--evil will be
afraid at the mere sight of you." ("Teaching the Fa at the Western US
International Fa Conference") Such a diligent practitioner will surely come
out of this tribulation. Many of us were sending forth righteous thoughts; we were
able to do so for almost every hour of the night. The amount of effort we put
forth this time was 10, even 100 times greater than the previous two efforts.
Two days later the practitioner returned home, and once again the power of
sending righteous thoughts as a group had been demonstrated. Near the end of May, a fellow practitioner told me that someone's sister,
practitioner D, had been sent to a labor camp in Changchun. At the time I did
not really put my heart into the matter. However, the practitioner also asked me
to help send righteous thoughts on her behalf. I thought, "Her local
practitioners can do that." But nothing happened after a week of sending
righteous thoughts. One day, while talking with fellow practitioners, I suddenly
realized that my mind was not pure and calm. Because I knew the previous three
practitioners well (practitioner A was a local practitioner, practitioner B was
a relative of a local practitioner, and I greatly respected practitioner C), I
made quite an effort to rescue them. However, I didn't know practitioner D, for
she was not a local practitioner; and, therefore, I didn't fully commit myself
to her rescue. At that time I admitted that I was wrong. I told the several
practitioners in the sharing that perhaps we were all wrong, that we shouldn't
be so discriminating, and that we are all practitioners, and distance shouldn't
be able to separate us. I said that from that night on we must all fully commit
ourselves to rescuing practitioner D. At the same time I sent out a thought,
"No matter how many attachments and human thoughts practitioner D has not
given up, the old forces do not deserve to test her." Three days later,
thanks to the righteous thoughts of the practitioners in the two cities,
practitioner D was released. On June 16th another practitioner (Practitioner E) I was familiar with was
arrested. When several practitioners and I got this news, around noon, we all
had the same thought: "Practitioner E should be released in an open and
noble way." We strengthened our efforts to send righteous thoughts to
rescue practitioner E, but she still did not return after 12 days. On the
afternoon of June 28th a fellow practitioner came and, as we discussed this
matter, I saw that this practitioner had an impatient expression. I realized
that practitioner E still hadn't been rescued because I was in such a hurry. How
powerful would my thoughts have been if they were formed while I was in this
kind of state? We began to purify our inner thoughts when two more practitioners
arrived to join us. One practitioner asked to extend the duration for sending
righteous thoughts, so we sat there for 30 minutes. In that period of time I
felt that my body no longer existed, and that my gong was rapidly moving
upward. For the first time I felt an air of supremacy. That kind of pure bliss
cannot be described. The next morning a fellow practitioner told me, "Practitioner E has been
unconditionally released." This time I was not as elated (as I previously
was) to hear this news. This was the case because I knew that this result would
occur, because we practice Dafa. In cultivation we continually improve
ourselves. When our minds become calm, the power of the Fa will automatically
manifest. Even before I finished applying adhesive to my posters (calling for
the practitioner's release), the practitioner had already returned. However,
because I did what I should have done at the time, I was happy for it. The above 5 practitioners were able to unconditionally return to the path of
Fa-rectification. One of the reasons for their releases was their own righteous
thoughts, but this also demonstrated the power of sending righteous thoughts as
a group. In either case it was the manifestation of the Fa's power. Through the
rescuing experiences, I have realized that although one is said to be
"helping" other practitioners by sending righteous thoughts, in
reality it is not so. It is just like my understanding from the Fa: everything
we do is for ourselves. Though on the surface we are helping fellow
practitioners, but actually every time we do this, we are also further purifying
ourselves and ascending to a higher level. Every time after "helping"
to send righteous thoughts, my body feels very light, as if it can float, and my
heart becomes tranquil and pure like never before. As I discussed this with other practitioners, we realized what our
shortcomings were in the past. Before the aforementioned cases, many detained
practitioners who were not thought to have been in trouble were given heavy
sentences. If we would have been able back then to fully commit ourselves to
sending righteous thoughts on their behalf, like we are now, there would have
been many more practitioners unconditionally released. Master said, "As
I've said, everything that happens today in the ordinary society is the result
of Dafa disciples' thoughts." ("Teaching the Fa at the 2002 Fa
Conference at Philadelphia") If we put our hearts into it, our fellow
practitioners can be rescued. But back then many fellow practitioners and myself
did not do well enough. Now that we think about it, we are ashamed to face our
fellow practitioners in jail, and even more ashamed to face Master's great
compassion; for Master had already given us great powers, but they were hindered
by our human notions. The attachments that I possessed had sealed off my true
self. Now facing fellow practitioner Gao Rongrong's death, what have I done? My
answer is "Nothing." The Buddha's Fa is boundless, the Great Way is
formless, yet we are partitioned by small regional separations. This partition
is created from our own hearts. Compared to the rescue efforts of overseas
practitioners, I see that mine are very lacking. From this point on in the Fa-rectification
I will have righteous thoughts and righteous actions and break through this
separation. Whether they are local practitioners or those from other areas,
whether I know them or not, I will devote my best effort to rescue those fellow
practitioners going through tribulations, for they are all our own fellow
disciples. July 05, 2005
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